Louis Jadot Estates Résonance Founder's Blocks Pinot Noir 2021 750ml

Deeply structured and a bit brooding right now, this red offers precise blueberry and cherry flavors that are accented by forest floor, black tea and crushed stone notes as this gathers tension toward medium-grained tannins. Best from 2025 through 2032. 490 cases made. (Tim Fish)

Lots of blue fruit and flowers here, with blueberries, licorice, raspberries, mulberries and tea leaves. Both ripe and mineral, with sleek and fine tannins. Focused. This is a new cuvee made from a blend of heritage vines from Resonance Vineyard and younger vines from their newer vineyards. From organically grown grapes. Drink from 2024. (James Suckling)

I tasted the 2021 Pinot Noir Founder’s Blocks while it was in tank, shortly before it was due to be bottled. It has inviting aromas of cranberry, blueberry, red cherry and rhubarb with wafts of tea leaves and underbrush. The medium-bodied palate is grainy and energetic with generous, layered fruit and a long, perfumed finish. Around 500 cases will be bottled.

An initial touch of loamy soil earthiness is followed by aromas of blackcap raspberries, leather, chalkboard dust and a touch of burnt sugar. This wine possesses brawny tannins and zippy acidity to back flavors like smoked cherries, almonds and the bitter note of a mineral water. Love the crispness of the wine’s texture. (Michael Alberty)